Plant Drug Analysis has proven an invaluable and unique aid for all those involved with drug production and analysis, including pharmacists, chemical and pharmaceutical researchers and technicians, drug importers and exporters, governmental chemical control agencies, and health authorities. From the reviews of the German Edition: "The reviewer would like to recommend this excellent book to all chromatographers, as he considers it highly relevant to the solution of numerous problems. Its main purpose is the demonstration of thin-layer chromatograms of the usual commercial drugs as an aid in testing for identity and purity. ... 165 colour plates, each showing 6 chromatograms and all of superb quality photographs ..." (Journal of Chromatography)

Inhalt

Essential Oil Drugs (Aetherolea).- Alkaloid Drugs.- Drugs Containing Anthracene Derivatives.- Arbutin Drugs.- Bitter Principle Drugs.- Coumarin Drugs.- Flavonoid Drugs.- Cardiac Glycoside Drugs.- Saponin Drugs.- Drugs Containing Pungent Principles.- Mustard Oil Drugs and Allium.- Narcotic Drugs.- Drugs Containing Valepotriates.- Drugs Containing Pigments.- Drugs with Miscellaneous Constituents.- TLC Screening of an Unknown Commercial Drug.- TLC Analysis of Herbal Drug Mixtures.- Spray Reagents.- Abbreviations and Definitions.- References.